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divine service

DEFINITIONS OF: divine service

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n the act of public worship following prescribed rules

Synonyms:
religious service, service
Types:
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church, church service
a service conducted in a house of worship
devotional
a short religious service
prayer meeting, prayer service
a service at which people sing hymns and pray together
chapel, chapel service
a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
committal service
service committing a body to the grave
none
a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
vesper
a late afternoon or evening worship service
watch night
a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)
placebo
(Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
Type of:
religious ceremony, religious ritual
a ceremony having religious meaning
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